At least 3 dead, multiple people missing after boat overturns near San Diego
- On Monday morning, May 5, 2025, a panga boat capsized near Torrey Pines State Beach, north of the U.S.-Mexico border, resulting in multiple missing people and fatalities.
- The boat likely carried migrants attempting to bypass heavily guarded land borders by sea, though officials stated the vessel’s exact origin remains unclear.
- The Coast Guard deployed helicopters, boats, and partnered with local agencies for rescue efforts amid calm winds, slow six-foot waves, and 63-degree water temperatures.
- Authorities confirmed three deaths and four injured hospitalized at Scripps La Jolla, while seven people remained missing after initial reports of nine missing were revised.
- Officials emphasized the dangers of maritime smuggling and pledged to investigate and hold those responsible accountable to prevent future deadly incidents.
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Five Mexicans charged with human smuggling in San Diego after migrants die in capsized boat - Washington Examiner
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of California announced Tuesday it is charging five Mexican nationals in connection with a boat of migrants that recently capsized in San Diego. At least three migrants died and one missing person is “presumed dead” after the maritime smuggling incident occurred on Monday. Julio Cesar Zuniga-Luna and Jesus Juan Rodriguez-Leyva were charged with bringing in aliens resulting in death and bringi…
5 People Charged After Migrant Boat Capsized Off San Diego Coast, Killing 3
Federal officials filed charges Tuesday against five people in connection to a boat carrying migrants that capsized a day earlier off San Diego’s Pacific coast, killing three people, including a 14-year-old boy from India. The boy’s 10-year-old sister is still missing at sea and is presumed dead, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego said in a statement. Their parents were among four people who were injured and taken to the hospital, including…
5 Charged After Deadly Migrant Boat Incident in California - Overpasses For America
Five Mexican nationals have been arrested and charged after a boat carrying migrants capsized near San Diego and killed at least three people, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced on Tuesday. The dead included a 14-year-old boy from India, who was on the vessel with his parents and his sister, the authorities said. The father is in a coma, and the mother is also hospitalized, while his sister, 10,…
3 immigrants killed, 7 still missing and 4 injured after boat capsizes off San Diego coast
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